24.6.2013 Section 2 ( ½ )
24/06/13 22:37
Time and weather prevented me from starting the second leg of the LL ( London Loop ) earlier.
But today is the day, Day 2 to be precise. Why only ½ will be explained later.
Naturally I started where I finished the last time: Bexley Railway Station. Just behind the station one reaches the Bexley meadows with the River Cray and it's cricket club.
Only the "master of the lawn" was around repairing, as I assume, the damage of Sundays match.
Across the plateau which seperates the Bexley from the North Cray meadows one reaches the the River Cray again. The path follows the river at it's bank and after a short walk the Five Arch Bridge which was leading at one point in time to Pike Place ( now Foots Cray Place ) which belonged for some time Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth I.
The Foots Cray Meadows are landscaped by "Capability" Brown who was commissioned in 1781 to carry out the work.
The picture page will give you a little impression of this jewel so close to my home. Having reached this point I started getting really trouble walking.
I'll just say: right shoes, wrong socks.
Two nice blisters made walking not very pleasurable anymore.
But being in the middle of the Cray meadows I had to get on.
Walking along the river one reaches the end of the meadows with a little bridge having the interesting name of "Pennyfarthing Footbridge" having crossed the bridge one can see the spire of "All Saint Foots Cray". Along Rectory Lane with the old Harenc School Building with it's clock tower one reaches the "centre" of Foots Cray village where I decided to call it a day and wait for the 51 bus to get me home.
The blisters made walking impossible !
To be continued.
But today is the day, Day 2 to be precise. Why only ½ will be explained later.
Naturally I started where I finished the last time: Bexley Railway Station. Just behind the station one reaches the Bexley meadows with the River Cray and it's cricket club.
Only the "master of the lawn" was around repairing, as I assume, the damage of Sundays match.
Across the plateau which seperates the Bexley from the North Cray meadows one reaches the the River Cray again. The path follows the river at it's bank and after a short walk the Five Arch Bridge which was leading at one point in time to Pike Place ( now Foots Cray Place ) which belonged for some time Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth I.
The Foots Cray Meadows are landscaped by "Capability" Brown who was commissioned in 1781 to carry out the work.
The picture page will give you a little impression of this jewel so close to my home. Having reached this point I started getting really trouble walking.
I'll just say: right shoes, wrong socks.
Two nice blisters made walking not very pleasurable anymore.
But being in the middle of the Cray meadows I had to get on.
Walking along the river one reaches the end of the meadows with a little bridge having the interesting name of "Pennyfarthing Footbridge" having crossed the bridge one can see the spire of "All Saint Foots Cray". Along Rectory Lane with the old Harenc School Building with it's clock tower one reaches the "centre" of Foots Cray village where I decided to call it a day and wait for the 51 bus to get me home.
The blisters made walking impossible !
To be continued.
